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Lowake Texas Map

Explore Lowake, Texas, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Lowake, Texas

How to Use This Lowake, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lowake, Texas. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Texas or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Lowake.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Lowake
State	Texas (TX)
County	Concho County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.566268
Longitude	-100.075917
Population	180
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	76875, 76855
Area Code	325
County Seat	Paint Rock

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About Lowake, Texas

Lowake is a locality in Concho County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Lowake is located at 31.5663°N, 100.0759°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 76875, 76855.

Lowake occupies a quiet expanse of West Texas where the horizon stretches wide across the flat, sun-bleached plains. It lies 22.4 miles east-northeast of San Angelo, TX (from San Angelo, TX: bearing 71°T), and is situated 14.1 miles south-southwest of Ballinger. Little Concho Creek winds sluggishly through the brush just a mile away, its banks marked by the silvered trunks of trees that lean toward the water as if listening to the dry, persistent hum of insects. The air here holds a clarity that sharpens the edges of every fence post and cedar, while the light at dusk bleeds a bruised plum color across the sky, deepening the shadows that pool in the nearby depression of Deep Hollow. Far to the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau rises like a dormant thought against the clouds, a reminder of the rugged limestone country that lies beyond this reach of open range.

Lowake emerged from the dust of the early rail era, its rhythm dictated by the slow turning of seasons and the seasonal demands of agriculture that define the local economy. Though the bustle of commerce has thinned over the decades, the land remains a testament to the endurance of those who work the soil and tend to the scattered livestock. Residents often find their way toward the quiet recreational reprieve of Mereta Park, a place where the stillness of the afternoon allows for a deeper reflection on the passing hours. While the water of Ballinger City Lake waits eleven miles away, the life of the locality is defined more by the persistent drought-resistant grasses and the vast, unencumbered sky that commands the attention of anyone pausing to look upward.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sweet Home School (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 336° NW
SPJST Lodge No. 49 (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 021° N
Rowena (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 016° N
Mereta Park (Local Park) — 8.3 mi, 205° SW
The Earnest and Dorothy Barrow Foundation Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 161° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 14.1 mi, 028° NE
Concho Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 21.0 mi, 094° E
E H Danner Museum of Telephony (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 250° W
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 250° W
Miss Hattie's Bordello Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 251° W
Railway Museum of San Angelo (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 250° W
O.C. Fisher Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 23.1 mi, 259° W
International Water Lily Garden (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 252° W
O. C. Fisher Lake (Recreation Area) — 24.4 mi, 260° W
San Angelo State Park (State Park) — 24.7 mi, 256° W
Red Arroyo Trail (Local Conservation Area) — 24.8 mi, 247° SW
Kenedy Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 25.1 mi, 096° E
Welcome to Bronte (Public Artwork) — 25.6 mi, 330° NW
Dog's Head Trail (El Swato) (Local Conservation Area) — 27.0 mi, 239° SW
Twin Buttes Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 29.7 mi, 240° SW
Doole High School (Historic Ruins) — 30.3 mi, 113° SE
Fort Chadbourne (Historic Castle / Fort) — 34.0 mi, 343° N
Abilene State Park (State Park) — 46.7 mi, 012° N
Ampitheater (Theatre) — 47.5 mi, 014° N
CCC stonework (Historic Ruins) — 47.7 mi, 014° N
Paramount Theater (Theatre) — 64.4 mi, 018° N
Petrified Tree (Attraction) — 66.0 mi, 018° N
Elmer Gray Stadium (Stadium) — 66.2 mi, 019° N
Myers Memorial Arena (Stadium) — 66.3 mi, 017° N

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